Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

[slick1ru2]

For those that wanted to see it in the theater, its coming.

Lawrence of Arabia 50th Anniversary Event: Digitally Restored - YouTube

http://www.fathomevents.com/classics...enceofArabia50

[garyrc]

Originally Posted by slick1ru2

For those that wanted to see it in the theater, its coming.

Lawrence of Arabia 50th Anniversary Event: Digitally Restored - YouTube

http://www.fathomevents.com/classics...enceofArabia50

RE: their promotional statement, I seriously doubt that it will be "more beautiful than ever before." It is still my best guess that a 70 mm print made with tender loving care from a 65 mm negative in 1962 would be "more beautiful" than a 4K theatrical showing.

[REPLAY]

Went to a Fathom showing of Singin In The Rain, what a waste of money.
Picture quality sucked. Walked out after half hour. Would not go to any unless they had a 35mm or 70mm film.
FATHOM take your events and stick them!!!!

[slick1ru2]

Originally Posted by REPLAY

Went to a Fathom showing of Singin In The Rain, what a waste of money.
Picture quality sucked. Walked out after half hour. Would not go to any unless they had a 35mm or 70mm film.
FATHOM take your events and stick them!!!!

Yeah I noticed they were doing a whole bunch of them. Strange they would use a crappy copy. You can't blame it on being used since its a limited showing and made especially for the event. Weird.

[Col.Klink]

Originally Posted by REPLAY

Went to a Fathom showing of Singin In The Rain, what a waste of money.
Picture quality sucked. Walked out after half hour. Would not go to any unless they had a 35mm or 70mm film.
FATHOM take your events and stick them!!!!

Except they aren't streaming LOA over satellite feed like they do with other events. It's being sent out to theaters on hard drives or discs, not sure which.

Originally Posted by slick1ru2

For those that wanted to see it in the theater, its coming.
http://www.fathomevents.com/classics...enceofArabia50

This was posted a while ago a few pages back.

[slick1ru2]

Originally Posted by Col.Klink

This was posted a while ago a few pages back.

Great!

[REPLAY]

Yes the Singin In The Rain Showing I went to was a satellie feed. And the picture was not anything like a 35mm film. Very very disapointed. Not sure how the hard drive would look. But anything sent to a theatre over a satellie I will not go to. After I walked out I waited a few days for my blu ray to come. Now that's what I call a great picture.

[Yojimbo68]

Originally Posted by REPLAY

Went to a Fathom showing of Singin In The Rain, what a waste of money.
Picture quality sucked. Walked out after half hour. Would not go to any unless they had a 35mm or 70mm film.
FATHOM take your events and stick them!!!!

I went to a Fathom showing of West Side Story and they windowboxed the presentation! I would love to see Lawrence of Arabia in the theatre but not windowboxed. Just an FYI...

[HylianBowcaster]

I just got my UK copy yesterday and just watched up to the intermission and I got to say I'm very impressed with this. The colors especially are amazing, blows the DVD out of the water!

[garyrc]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo68

I went to a Fathom showing of West Side Story and they windowboxed the presentation! I would love to see Lawrence of Arabia in the theatre but not windowboxed. Just an FYI...

How dare they!

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Col.Klink

Except they aren't streaming LOA over satellite feed like they do with other events. It's being sent out to theaters on hard drives or discs, not sure which.



This was posted a while ago a few pages back.

it's being released in hard drive DCP form

as for the UK bluray - oh... my ... god! I've only watched the first half, but Sony and the restoration folk hit this out of the ballpark. I've seen the film in 70mm (as well as the work in progress hidef presentation on HDNet) but the lack of any print imperfections - scratches, nicks, reel change circles was unreal and was just visually amazing!

[Yojimbo68]

Originally Posted by garyrc

How dare they!

Lol!

We think we are so advanced with these digital presentations but the truth is digital can't match a good 70mm print on a huge screen.

[REPLAY]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo68

Lol!

We think we are so advanced with these digital presentations but the truth is digital can't match a good 70mm print on a huge screen.

How right you are.
Give me film anyday. 35mm or 70mm!!

[garyrc]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo68

We think we are so advanced with these digital presentations but the truth is digital can't match a good 70mm print on a huge screen.

Agreed. And one reason we think we are so advanced is that the corporations keep implying (in their advertizing) that each digital step is somehow better than film. They did that when they introduced DVDs, when they introduced Blu-ray, when 4K digital projection hit the theaters, etc. Fine grain, high resolution 65/70 mm film of 50 years ago was "better" than any digital format the public sees today, providing that the prints were in good condition, the projectionists were doing a good job, and that the theater was equipped for bright projection (e.g., with carbon arcs) on a big screen -- the film-buff seats were often about one screen height away, at least with my friends, once we caught on -- with multichannel magnetic sound. Perhaps they will be able to say that digital is better when theaters start projecting 8K, brightly, with warmer sound.

Warmer sound? The old 6 channel magnetic tracks used for 70 mm features had at least the capacity of sounding "warmer" and less harsh than today's digital. That was not realized in every magnetic soundtrack, and, in 70 mm in San Francisco, the overture for Lawrence was a bit borderline in that respect, but the rest of the soundtrack was beautiful. It is true that the speaker systems in even the best road show theaters began to roll off below 40 Hz, but they cranked out a huge amount of bass just above that, and the rest of the audio range was precise, clean and spacious.

[Kuma]

Originally Posted by garyrc

RE: their promotional statement, I seriously doubt that it will be "more beautiful than ever before." It is still my best guess that a 70 mm print made with tender loving care from a 65 mm negative in 1962 would be "more beautiful" than a 4K theatrical showing.

Yeah, but are they really going to advertise it as "alright at best"? They ARE trying to get people to go

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by garyrc

Agreed. And one reason we think we are so advanced is that the corporations keep implying (in their advertizing) that each digital step is somehow better than film. They did that when they introduced DVDs, when they introduced Blu-ray, when 4K digital projection hit the theaters, etc. Fine grain, high resolution 65/70 mm film of 50 years ago was "better" than any digital format the public sees today, providing that the prints were in good condition, the projectionists were doing a good job, and that the theater was equipped for bright projection (e.g., with carbon arcs) on a big screen -- the film-buff seats were often about one screen height away, at least with my friends, once we caught on -- with multichannel magnetic sound. Perhaps they will be able to say that digital is better when theaters start projecting 8K, brightly, with warmer sound.

Warmer sound? The old 6 channel magnetic tracks used for 70 mm features had at least the capacity of sounding "warmer" and less harsh than today's digital. That was not realized in every magnetic soundtrack, and, in 70 mm in San Francisco, the overture for Lawrence was a bit borderline in that respect, but the rest of the soundtrack was beautiful. It is true that the speaker systems in even the best road show theaters began to roll off below 40 Hz, but they cranked out a huge amount of bass just above that, and the rest of the audio range was precise, clean and spacious.

maybe mixers should start encoding sound at 96 or 192kHz, because 48 'digital' sound is antiquated.

the 70mm print of 'South Pacific' I saw last Sunday, the magnetic sound in a THX auditorium was just gorgeous sounding.

speaking of Peter O'Toole, I just recently saw 'Lord Jim' in 70mm last month, that was by far one of the most pristine 70mm prints I've seen of an older title film (probably since it's rarely screened) Sony could make my day and give that a bluray release too

[Col.Klink]

Originally Posted by REPLAY

How right you are.
Give me film anyday. 35mm or 70mm!!

+1

[Illy Scorsese]

I need this now... ugh

[HylianBowcaster]

Did anyone else notice a slight aspect ratio shift during the movie? Specifically I saw it happen during the scene when Lawrence is questioned by the Turks, it looks like it changes from 2.20:1, to something more like 2.35:1. Just wondering if anyone else noticed this.

[Col.Klink]

Originally Posted by Illy Scorsese

I need this now... ugh

you and me both! I'm waiting for the UCE in November.

For those of you who have the UK version already...how's it look?